Some thoughts I had about the new updated tree in the PTR. All of these my opinion, and seeing the other class trees, still appear to be behind in both class and specialization.
Ferocious frenzy talent - ferocious bite hits all nearby enemies.
IMO there is no class flavor to this. Unless my druid is spawning multiple mouths. If they wanted an additional aoe ability i suggest a new one entirely on the feral frenzy node. some sort of AOE pouncing ability w/ out the bleed option of feral frenzy.
Adaptive swarm. just feel it should automatically spread to all units in the pull, remove the healing aspect ( healing death flies?). I feel this could also be combined with the infected wounds talent just because that one is “Meh.”
Id be ok with lower damage or damaged removed if it buffed our bleeds and in addition maybe added a chance to proc a “miss” effect on the enemies to assist tanks or during pvp instead of the standard infected wounds. maybe place it similar to the boomkin tree where we get circle and then adaptive.
lunar inspiration- moonfire in cat form. I would play boomy if i wanted to do this. remove it. or make faerie fire cat available.
Possibly place cats curiosity in Lunar inspiration node after Lunar is removed.
Place eye of fearful symmetry in cats curiosity node after cat curiosity is in lunar node.
Connect survival instincts direct to convoke.
Bring back daught of deep focus to same node as Apex predators craving
Im ok with Veinripper for ease of play for some people.
Rip and Tear- applying rip to a target also applies a tear that deals a bleed.
I heard you like bleeds so we gave you a bleed that bleeds? I love the bleed build idea but feel like something more impactful could be done here instead. maybe even put draught on this node.
Blood talons, not a fan of the 1,2,3 version preferred the Legion version after a predatory swiftness proc, might make the rotation harder but make it where you get more of a buff on the blood talons then for the extra work. Maybe drop predatory swifftness down the tree or make a it a 2 pointer where the second rank would unlock the insta healing touch option to proc blood talons. But its also been a while since i have played that way so I could be completely wrong on this.
Piercing claws clearly filler
Protective growth- meh
Incarnation- doesn’t excite me personally
I would say the new tree is definitely better. Im no top tier druid by any means, but i love the class and want the bleed play class flavor to return. Im tired of the Owl weaving when there could be plenty of ways to make the tree better and more self sufficient as cat form. Not to say im not a fan of shifting forms, i love it. however so far the extra work between owl weaving and blood talons just isnt worth the extra work for the results at least in M+.
Anywho just my thought at first glance. All about receiving criticism as long as its with the goal of making the tree better and bringing us up to par with the other treees.